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Forty Winks

Mike Bee, fitness specialist at the Golden Door Spa in Escond...
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Ready, Set, Present!

by Sherri McMillan, MS, Alex McMillan
Training for Growth By Sherri McMillan, MSc, and Alex McMillan Ready, Set, Present! To ensure success, follow these guidelines before each presentation. Become Familiar With the Environment Ask how the room will be set up. Will there be tables and chairs? Will the presentation be lecture style or "in the round"? Find out about any potential problems, such as distractions or poor acoustics, that ...
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How Fit Is Your Memory?

by Mary Monroe
She walks into your class and you know she’s been there twice before. You even talked to her about . . . something. What was it again? Was she the one with the shoul...
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How to Ask for a Raise

by Julie McNeney
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Become a Dynamite Presenter

by Alex McMillan, Sherri McMillan, MS
Training for Growth By Sherri McMillan, MSc, and Alex McMillan Become a Dynamite Presenter Develop your skills as an industry speaker and reap the benefits in new clients. One of the most effective ways to quickly gain exposure as a personal trainer is by presenting. Good speakers can expect to gain at least one to three new clients at every presentation they conduct. The problem is that for most...
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Cuing Beyond Counting

by Krista Popowych, BHK
One of the many challenges of teaching a fabulous class is getting your message across effectively to participants. For some instructors, simply finding the beat or staying on phrase is difficult enough without having to become proficient at cuing. And yet, cuing is extremely import...
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How Do You Handle a Situation When the Body Odor of a Client Offends Other Clients?

From time to time, we come across fitness participants who lack proper grooming and who even offend others with their body odor. There are a few ways to address this situation. First, if the client is on my roster, it is much easier for me to have a dialog about th...
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Crawl Out of Your Comfort Zone

by Kay Cross, MEd
Reinvigoration Strategies By Kay L. Cross, MEd Crawl Out of Your Comfort Zone It's easy if you learn new skills and create a goal strategy. One of our greatest challenges as fitness professionals is to keep our passion alive. We give, encourage, inspire, motivate and challenge our clients and then desperately need to recharge and refuel ourselves so that we can continue to Inspire the World to Fi...
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Internetworking Made Easy

by Peggy Gregor, AFAA, ACE
Internetworking Made Easy USE E-MAIL TO CONNECT WITH STAFF. By Peggy Gregor I 'll never forget my first meeting as fitness director at our club. I had put together an outstanding agenda chockfull of club news, upcoming events and inspiring workshops. I arrived 20 minutes early armed with copies of a great fitness article and an interactive teambuilding exercise. I even brought cupcakes to celebr...
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A Veteran Trainer Shares His Insight

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